Bug 364832

Summary:	Calendar widget displayed as icon on the desktop
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	Lastique <andysem>
Component:	Calendar widget	Assignee:	Martin Klapetek <mklapetek>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.5.5
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	The Calendar widget on the desktop, displayed as icon

Description Lastique 2016-06-27 21:45:00 UTC

When I add the Calendar widget on the desktop, the widget is displayed as an icon instead of the calendar.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click on the desktop, click Add Widgets.
2. Select the Calendar widget and drag it on the desktop.


Actual Results:  
The widget is displayed as an icon instead of the actual calendar.

Expected Results:  
The actual calendar should be displayed.

Kubuntu 16.04, x86_64. Nvidia drivers 367.27.

The widget worked initially on this system. At some point I was re-configuring widgets on the desktop, removed the calendar and added again. That's when the widget broke. Now I'm having this problem and see no way to fix it. Removing ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc and re-configuring the desktop doesn't help - the widget still doesn't work.

Comment 1 Lastique 2016-06-27 21:45:47 UTC

Created attachment 99736 [details]
The Calendar widget on the desktop, displayed as icon

Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-06-27 21:48:18 UTC

Does it help if you make it larger? It should show the full grid when large enough. Also, in 5.7 the icon will at least show the current day (or week number depending on your preferences).

Comment 3 Lastique 2016-06-28 07:51:18 UTC

(In reply to Kai Uwe Broulik from comment #2)
> Does it help if you make it larger? It should show the full grid when large
> enough.

I can't make it larger, I can only move it. The mouse cursor doesn't change to the "resize arrows" when I move it over any edge or corner of the widget.

Comment 4 Kai Uwe Broulik 2016-06-28 07:54:40 UTC

Press and hold, then use the applet handle to resize.

Comment 5 Lastique 2016-06-28 08:51:20 UTC

(In reply to Kai Uwe Broulik from comment #4)
> Press and hold, then use the applet handle to resize.

That helped, thanks.

Why is it so unintuitive? I remember the applet handle appeared automatically before. I would have never guessed I have to hold the mouse for it to appear.